I'm darn serious, those are all at the Tiananmen in Beijing, and I heard a rumor saying that those were built to grab foriegners attention so that the Chinese would receive the best reputations ever xD

Yeah the split is on purpose, so that they can poop anywhere in case they need to, that's there culture xD So you might have to be careful of stepping on poops anytime you walk if you're not cautious enough o.o